This course aims at introducing the basic concepts of history and the historian and developing students’ fundamental skills of conducting historical research and writing. These skills include using reference tools, locating and studying various historical documents, formulating research questions, identifying different categories of historical materials and their features, criticizing, analyzing and organizing historical data, mastering the principles of historical writing and its various styles and academic formats, grasping techniques of oral presentation and discussion, etc. Visits to libraries, archives, museums or field trips may also be arranged.

1. General Introduction: Historical Methodology (8 Sep)

2. History, Historiography and the Historian (15 Sep)

3. Categories, Classes and Collection of Historical Materials (22 Sep)

4. Historical Research Using Library Resources and Reference Materials (29 Sep)

5. Historical Research and Archives and Museums (6 Oct)

6. Identification and Criticism of Historical Materials (13 Oct)

7. Processing Historical Materials for Application (20 Oct)

8. Deduction of Historical Events and Construction of the Past (27 Oct)

9. Fundamental Skills for Historical Study (3 Nov)

10. Principles, Formats, and Academic Standards for Historical Writing (10 Nov)

11. Historical Thinking and Presentation Techniques (24 Nov)

12. Examplary Historians’ Views on Historical Studies (1 Dec)

13. Conclusion: Contemporary Historians and Trend of Historical Studies (5 Dec(Mon) 2:30-4:15pm; Venue to be confirmed)

1. Term Paper 65%

2. Interactive Tutorial 25%

     a. Blackboard Video Multiple Choice Test 10%

     b. Term Paper Presentation & Comment 15%

3. Worksheet 10%

兩次參觀和三次導修課 (Two Visits & Three Tutorial Classes) 

1) 探尋文獻史料──參觀中大圖書館 (Visit to University Library on 29 Sep (Thu) 2:30pm-4:15pm) 全體同學平均分為A, B兩組，輪流參與歷史資料檢用工作坊與圖書館善本及歷史文獻參觀如下：

2) 探尋文物史料──參觀香港歷史博物館常設展覽 (Visit to Permanent Exhibition of Hong Kong Museum of History on Oct 8 (Sat) 10:00am-11:45am)

3) 第1次導修：學期論文大綱報告 (Term Paper Outline Presentation)

上課日期：10月(Oct)

要求：同學須在導修課前三日向老師電郵提交約700字學期論文大綱報告，簡介學期論文題目、內容大綱及初步參考書目(包括原始史料及近人著作)，老師給予意見。

4) 第2次導修：學期論文報告及評論I (Term Paper Presentation & Comment I)

上課日期：11月(Nov)

要求：半組同學須在導修課前三日向老師電郵提交約5000-7000字學期論文初稿/未完稿，在導修課堂上報告論文的要點，由另一半組同學予以評論，再由老師給予意見。

5) 第3次導修：學期論文報告及評論II (Term Paper Presentation & Comment II)

上課日期：11月(Nov)

要求：另一半組同學須在導修課前三日向老師電郵提交約5000-7000字學期論文初稿/未完稿，在導修課堂上報告論文的要點，由其餘半組同學予以評論，再由老師給予意見。

* 杜維運：《史學方法論》。北京：北京大學出版社，2006。

張存武、陶晉生編：《歷史學手冊》。台北：食貨出版社，1977。

* 許冠三：《史學與史學方法》(校訂本)上下冊。香港：龍門書店，1975。

林鐵森主編：《中國歷史工具書指南》。北京：北京出版社，1992。

* 嚴耕望：《治史經驗談》第壹章。臺北：臺灣商務印書館，1981。

* 嚴耕望：《治史答問》。臺北：臺灣商務印書館，1988。

朱政惠、胡逢祥主編：《全球視野下的史學：區域性與國際性》。上海：上海辭書出版社，2011。

* 蔣竹山：《當代史學研究的趨勢、方法與實踐：從新文化史到全球史》。台北：五南圖書出版股份有限公司，2012。

謝維揚、趙爭主編：《出土文獻與古書成書問題研究：”古史史料學研究的新視野研討會”論文集》。上海市：中西書局，2015。

王希、盧漢超等主編：《開拓者：著名歷史學家訪談錄》。北京市：北京大學出版社，2015。

* 王明珂：《反思史學與史學反思：文本與表徵分析》。臺北市：允晨文化實業股份有限公司，2015。

中國社會科學院歴史研究所、東方學會編集，渡邉義浩編：《中国史の時代区分の現在》。東京：汲古書院，2015。

Huang, Chun-chieh, Rüsen, Jörn, eds., Chinese Historical Thinking: An Intercultural Discussion. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gm; Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2015.

* Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge, Mass.: Published by the Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute: Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2000.

Cohen, Daniel J. and Rosenzweig, Roy. Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.

* Cannadire, D. What Is History Now? New York: Palgrave, 2002.

* Carr, E.H. What Is History? London: Macmillan, 1962.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online.15th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Chicago-Style Citation QuickGuide. 15th & 16th edition

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History. London: Oxford University Press, 1961.

* Shafer, Robert Jones. A Guide to Historical Method. Homewood, Illinois: The Dorsey Press, 1974.

Robert C. W. The Historian’s Toolbox: A Student’s Guide to the Theory and Craft of History. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2012.

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